190350 Efforts to establish a unified accreditation process

Monday, October 27, 2008: 11:30 AM

Kathleen M. Roe, DrPH, MPH , Health Science Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
This session will describe the results of the SOPHE/AAHE multi-year effort to outline the profession-wide efforts to develop a coordinated accreditation system for the health education profession. This session will highlight the lessons learned in the effort from point of view of accredited schools and programs in public health, including the role of CEPH. These include the need for an undergraduate public health accreditation process and articulation agreements between undergraduate and graduate level course work.

Learning Objectives:
Describe the efforts to establish a unified accreditation process for professional preparation programs in public and community health.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am Co-Chair of the Accreditation Task Force, upon which the session is based; significant experience as conference planner and presenter
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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